“Oh my precious, oh my love. When they come and take me I will hold you from above.” – Cloud Cult It’s that time of year. The time where every bit of joy carries an equal weight of sadness. Our 4th Christmas without you. I pulled out your...

I have a secret to tell you. It’s not going to be easy to hear but I know it to be true. You’re going to die. I can’t tell you when or where but it’s going to happen. This is it. No pressure, but this is your life. It’s scary to think...

Kids are resilient. They wear their feelings and raw emotions in ways that more grown-ups could learn from. This weekend we got a chance to celebrate some pretty amazing little people, my sweet 3 year old was one of them. Our tiny dancers A family affair. Kids...

“Do the reindeer live with daddy?” her little voice asked from the backseat. Before I had a chance to pull the dagger from my heart, she hit me with another one. “What if I’m superman and I fly to the sky and get daddy?” I could see her...

“My anxiety has anxiety”, my friend joked as we talked about our constant stream of worries. We’re both 32 years old. We both are single moms to small kids. We are both widows but for very different reasons. My husband died of cancer after a 3 year...

I went to a wedding over the holidays. Not just any wedding, it was Joe’s best friend’s wedding. It was beautiful, it was full of love and it was the hardest thing I’ve done since losing Joe. The bride and groom honored Joe in every detail from the...